Dimapur, Jan. 16: The Municipal Affairs department of the government has appointed a tribunal to dispose petitions pertaining to municipal and town council elections.
The government issued a notification on Monday. The notification has informed that the government of Nagaland has appointed LK Achumi, Retired District and Session Judge as the election tribunal to hear and dispose of petitions, pertaining to the municipal and town council elections, if any. The notification stated that it was ‘calling in question the election of a member of Municipal Council or Town Council subsequent to the publication of the result of election under Section 42 of the Nagaland Municipal Act of 2001 by the State Election Commission, Nagaland, 2017.’
The election tribunal shall hear and dispose all election petitions placed before it in the manner prescribed under the Nagaland Municipal Act of 2001.
The address of the Election Tribunal is: Police Officers Mess, Chumukedima, Dimapur, Nagaland.
